Setting up your Laptop running Windows
1. Install the Omni experimenter tool
- Download this file: omni-tools-2.4.2-setup.exe.
- Run the Windows installer by double clicking on the downloaded file.
- Point the
PATH
environment variable to the installed executables:- Edit environment variables
- In Windows 7, open the
Control Panel
and search forPATH
in the search box. Click on "Edit environment variables for your accounts". - In Windows XP, find the System Properties window under
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced System Settings
and click "Environment Variables".
- In Windows 7, open the
- Set the
PATH
variable.- Determine the value of your
PATH
variable:- For Windows XP: select
C:\Program Files\omniTools
- For Windows 7: select
C:\Program Files (x86)\omniTools
- For Windows XP: select
- If there is no
PATH
variable, click "New..." and set the namePATH
and the value ofC:\Program Files (x86)\omniTools
(or
C:\Program Files\omniTools`). - If there is a
PATH
variable, click "Edit..." and append;C:\Program Files (x86)\omniTools
(or;C:\Program Files\omniTools
) to thePATH
variable. Be sure to include the;
.
- Determine the value of your
- Edit environment variables
Test the installation:
- Test the installation by opening a Command Prompt and running the command:
omni --version
The Windows Command Prompt can be found by navigating:Start menu -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt
- If everything goes well, you should see output that looks like:
omni: GENI Omni Command Line Aggregate Manager Tool Version 2.4.2 Copyright (c) 2013 Raytheon BBN Technologies
2. Make sure Flash works
- You will need Google Chrome or Firefox.
- Make sure you are able to load http://protogeni.net/flack
- If you do not have flash installed and you are using Firefox, install the Flash plugin for Firefox.
3. Make sure you have an ssh client
If you do not have an ssh client installed:
- Install BitVise, an ssh client for Windows.
Note: If you are using the Putty ssh client, you will need puttygen to convert the private keys used by GENI to Putty's format.
Last modified 10 years ago
Last modified on 01/07/14 21:31:47
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Windows Omni installer.